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You can search for a marine species or other entities that have been tagged in the message content by using the search box on the right hand side of the page.

Browse the WoRMS taxonomy


You can also find a marine species by browsing through the WoRMS taxonomy on the right hand side.

The taxonomy here displays all parent and child nodes of the taxonomy that are tagged as accepted or synonymised. Only species tagged as marine are shown (so you may find some parent nodes with no species within them).

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Click the links to browse through the WoRMS marine species taxonomy.
Animalia
  Mollusca
  Porifera
  Platyhelminthes
  Nematoda
  Annelida
  Nemertina
  Arthropoda
  Ctenophora
  Cnidaria
  Sipuncula
  Echiura
  Pogonophora
  Entoprocta
  Tardigrada
  Phoronida
  Brachiopoda
  Echinodermata
  Hemichordata
  Chordata
    Urochordata
    Cephalochordata
    Vertebrata
      Gnathostomata
        Tetrapoda
        Pisces
          Elasmobranchii
          Actinopterygii
            Acipenseriformes
            Elopiformes
            Notacanthiformes
            Anguilliformes
            Saccopharyngiformes
            Clupeiformes
            Osmeriformes
              Alepocephalidae
                  Alepocephalus
                  Asquamiceps
                  Bajacalifornia
                    Bajacalifornia calcarata
                    Bajacalifornia megalops
                    Bajacalifornia aequatoris
                    Bajacalifornia arcylepis
                    Bajacalifornia burragei
                    Bajacalifornia erimoensis
                    Bajacalifornia microstoma
                  Bathyprion
                  Bathytroctes
                  Conocara
                  Einara
                  Leptoderma
                  Mirognathus
                  Narcetes
                  Photostylus
                  Rinoctes
                  Rouleina
                  Talismania
                  Xenodermichthys
                  Aulastomatomorpha
                  Binghamichthys
                  Microphotolepis
                  Aleposomus
                  Asquamisceps
                  Bathyroctes
                  Bellocia
                  Binghamia
                  Caudania
                  Ericara
                  Grimatroctes
                  Lepogenys
                  Macromastax
                  Nemabathytroctes
                  Nomoctes
                  Xenognathus
                  Aulostomatomorpha
                  Roulenia
              Argentinidae
              Bathylagidae
              Leptochilichthyidae
              Microstomatidae
              Opisthoproctidae
              Osmeridae
              Platytroctidae
            Salmoniformes
            Stomiiformes
            Ateleopodiformes
            Aulopiformes
            Myctophiformes
            Lampriformes
            Polymixiiformes
            Gadiformes
            Ophidiiformes
            Batrachoidiformes
            Lophiiformes
            Gobiesociformes
            Atheriniformes
            Cyprinodontiformes
            Beloniformes
            Stephanoberyciformes
            Beryciformes
            Cetomimiformes
            Gasterosteiformes
            Syngnathiformes
            Scorpaeniformes
            Pleuronectiformes
            Tetraodontiformes
            Zeiformes
            Perciformes
            Mugiliformes
          Holocephali
      Agnatha
    Tunicata
  Gastrotricha
  Chaetognatha
  Ectoprocta
  Mesozoa
  Rotifera
  Gnathostomulida
  Acanthocephala
  Cycliophora
  Cephalorhyncha
  Placozoa
  Bryozoa
  Myxozoa
  Sipunculida
  Pentastomida
  Nemertini
Plantae
Fungi
Protozoa
Bacteria
Chromista
Archaea
Viruses
Monera